Chapter 140: Over the Wall
Soon, the three of them bypassed the guards patrolling the streets and came to a dark city under the walls of the royal city, ready to move.
"Father, you're old, let me take the lead. Wallace looked at the brightly lit walls and was about to throw his hook when he was stopped by Rex.
"Don't be impulsive, we don't know when the next group of guards will arrive, so rushing up like this is easy to be discovered, it's better to wait until we pass a group of guards, and then we will go up." ”
"Yes. Wallace couldn't help but admire his father's experience accumulated during his more than two decades as a thief.
Sure enough, less than two minutes later, the neat steps of the next group of guards came from the city wall, and soon, the three of them could see the white iron armor shining in the firelight in the distance.
"Hidden!"
Rex commanded in a low voice, and the three of them immediately pressed straight to the wall, not daring to move, and thus completely blended into the shadow of the wall.
But that's it, Elena's bickering with Wallace didn't stop.
"I said if you can take your chest back and you'll be found by the guards!" Wallace whispered.
"Can I be blamed for this?" cried Elena. "I have big breasts, I can't take it back!"
"Looks like big breasts can be bad sometimes......" Wallace smiled.
"......" Elena didn't look at him, but stretched out her slender hand and twisted it on the back of Wallace's hand......
"Woo......" Wallace suddenly felt a sharp pain on the back of his hand, and almost cried out, but for fear of being discovered, he had to swallow the cry alive, and tears were about to flow out. "What are you pinching me, I was almost discovered!"
"Whoever told you to tease me, you deserve it!" said Elena.
"I said you two, can you give me some peace!" Rao is Rex has a good temper, and he can't stand it anymore. "If you do this again, give me back, and I'll complete the task myself!"
"No, I was wrong, don't bombard me back!" Wallace was shocked.
"Yes, teacher, let's just stop making trouble. Elena also hurriedly bowed her head and admitted her mistake.
"Then you give me honesty, this is a matter of life and death, give me a serious moment!"
After Rex's stern reprimand, the two of them were indeed much more honest, and they clung to the city wall motionlessly, like two sculptures, and after a while, the footsteps on the city wall gradually faded away, and the three of them looked up and found that the guards had walked to the next tower, and now, there were about ten minutes to be safe.
"Now, let's go!" Rex urged.
"Father, let's see this time. Wallace volunteered, took the lead in throwing out the hook claw, and immediately firmly grasped a piece of masonry on the city wall, Wallace pulled a few times, felt very firm, so he began to use his hands and feet, both hands continued to pull the rope to the wall, and his feet kicked on the wall at forty-five degrees, and steadily advanced at a speed of nearly three meters a second.
Speaking of which, let's talk about the equipment of Rogue Rex, this set of hook claws, the claws are made of stainless steel, which can withstand hundreds of kilograms of force without deformation, and the rope is made of the spider silk of the giant spider through special processing, which is extremely strong, don't look at its rope is very thin, it seems that it can be cut with a knife, in fact, this rope is stronger than the thick steel bar of the fingers, and it is not afraid of water and fire, not afraid of magic, and can be called the first tool for the Rogue to fly the wall.
The reason why the three of them didn't choose to fly up was because using light wings at this time would only become a live target in the night sky, for fear that the enemy would not see them, which was a kind of brain-dead behavior of looking for death, so they chose hook claws to assist them in flying the eaves and walls, which was much more time-saving and labor-saving than climbing with bare hands.
In less than a minute, Wallace climbed the wall more than 20 meters high, and after confirming that it was safe, he signaled to the two people below, and then began to arrange the ropes on the inside of the wall.
After Elena and Rex received the signal, they didn't dare to delay for a moment, threw out two hooks, and climbed up, but the skills of the two of them could not be compared with a young man like Wallace in the prime of life, Elena took more than half the time to climb the city wall, and Rex took twice as long because of his old age.
"Hasn't my father arrived yet?"
Wallace asked, seeing Elena leap onto the wall.
"It's coming. Elena wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead. "What's wrong with you here?"
"Okay, there's a lawn down there, which reduces the sound of landing, but we have to be careful about footprints. ”
"As long as we are careful. Elena glanced down and saw that the sewers were not far from the city walls, and that if you went down, you could go directly through the sewers to the garden.
"Whew...... Wallace, are you ready?" Rex climbed up at this time, but it could be seen that he was already a little out of breath at this time.
"Father, it's all ready, it's been four minutes since the last group of guards left, we have to hurry. As he spoke, Wallace climbed onto the rope and prepared to slide down. "Father, you are the second to come down, and Elena you are the second to cut off. ”
"No problem. ”
With that, Wallace disappeared into the night, and only the rustling of ropes rubbing against the walls could be heard.
After Wallace had landed successfully, it was Rex's turn, and before he left, he instructed Elena: "Carefully inspect all the marks on the city wall, whether it is the traces of the hook and claws, or the footprints and gravel, not a single one can be left, understand?"
"Don't worry, I'm the best at this. "Elena is full of confidence.
"That's good, after the check, come down quickly, you only have four minutes left. Rex took out his pocket watch and looked at it, reminding.
"Yes. ”
Immediately afterwards, Rex also rolled over and slid down the city wall, and Elena followed the teacher's instructions, from the traces of the hook and claws, to the footprints on the ground, and the gravel on the city wall, carefully examined it, and finally confirmed that it was correct, and was ready to turn over and slide down the city wall......
But at this moment, the footsteps of the guards were suddenly heard from a distance......
"Oops!"
Elena knew in her heart that she was afraid that the next team of guards would come too quickly, and now she had just heard their footsteps for more than seven minutes, and she didn't dare to stay at the moment, so she turned over and grabbed the rope and slid down, and when she was still seven or eight meters away from the ground, her eyes were stuck and the voice was getting louder and louder, and she said to Wallace: "Catch me!"
Immediately after, regardless of whether Wallace was ready or not, she simply let go of the rope and jumped down.
Wallace was taken aback when he heard Elena's voice, and he also heard the footsteps of the soldiers, and understood that Elena had to jump from a great height, but if he could not catch her, and did not make too much noise to attract the guards, she would jump from such a high place, and if she did not make it, she would fall on her feet, and she would not be able to escape if she wanted to.
Just when Wallace was surprised, a black shadow fell from the sky, Wallace didn't have time to think, hurriedly caught it, and in an instant, he felt a huge force coming from the sky, so that his arm was not dislocated, but fortunately, Wallace still caught Elena who fell from the sky, and Elena also put away the rope with his landing, erasing the last trace of the thief who had visited here.
"Huh, Jack, did you hear anything? from inside the walls. ”
The words of the guards patrolling the city wall immediately aroused the alarm of the three Rex, and Wallace, who just wanted to move his aching arm, hurriedly and honestly clung to the wall, and the three of them escaped into the shadow of the city wall as before.
"It should be that the horses in the stable are kicking the door again, they are always so dishonest, they rushed out of the stable last time, and almost rushed into the drinking party venue under Majesty Trist, if this is not stopped in time, I am afraid that His Majesty Trist will have to kill again. ”
"Hey, I have to patrol in the middle of the night, I have to patrol during the day, and I have to patrol at night, when is it a head......"
"You just admit it, at least we can enjoy the blessings in the royal city, we don't have to go out to die, and we can have the opportunity to see the beautiful noble lady, tsk......"
"Dream too much, you hurry up and patrol, and have less spring dreams......"
"People must have some ideals, don't you want me to think about it if I can't marry someone?"
As the footsteps faded away, the conversation between the two soldiers gradually disappeared into the night, and all three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
"You're okay with your arm, is it?" asked Elena, who knew very well how much pain she had just made, and Wallace hurriedly asked in order to catch herself.
"It's okay, I'm not that fragile, and you're not heavy, it's not very hard. Wallace rubbed his sore arm, but his face was full of care.
"Uh-huh......" Although Elena couldn't see Elena's expression under the cover of the night, it was conceivable that her face must have turned red at this time.
"Let's go, before the guards arrive, we hurried into the sewers, and when we got there, we would be safe for the time being. ”
With Rex's whispered urging, the trio jumped into the sewers.
In fact, it is said that it is a sewer, it looks more like an underground river, the water inside is not much dirty, and there are even some small fish and shrimp to survive, it seems to be connected with the river outside, it is such an underground river, built in the underground tunnel, flowing secretly, I don't know the road and think it is an underground landscape.
"I didn't expect that in this luxurious royal city, even the sewers were so luxurious. Elena held up the kerosene lamp lit with magic, and her brow furrowed. "Looking at the reliefs and paintings, the poor peasants could not even afford to eat, and the sewers of the royal city were so luxurious, it was too much. ”
While Elena was indignant, Wallace and Rex, who were walking behind, were whispering.
"Father, why do you have to take part in this operation yourself?" Wallace's expression was very serious. "Your physical strength and energy are not as good as before, even if you don't feel sorry for your body, we feel sorry for you! Moreover, just for the sake of a person you have never met, why do you have to do this?"
"I'm not for Princess Akali, but for you......" Rex sighed.